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Alan Baker

Amb. Alan Baker is director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

The accusers ignore the fact that the Israeli public suffer from ongoing and daily acts of terror committed by Palestinian and Islamist fanatics.
Despite any honest and noble intentions that you may have, and whether you intend it or not, you are unavoidably labeling yourselves as an openly anti-Israel company.
Reopening the former consulate in Jerusalem is politically and legally problematic in light of the new legal situation created by the formal acceptance by the U.S. in 2017 of Israel’s sovereignty in the city.
The unique challenges Israel faces, when accompanied by an inherent lack of fairness and integrity in global media coverage, has serious implications for the Jewish state.
It is incumbent upon the international community and the United Nations to respond with commensurate measures to Iran’s genocidal threats against Israel.
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s claim that Israel has committed a war crime by “facilitating the transfer of Israeli civilians into the West Bank since June 13, 2014” fails to meet central criteria set out in the court’s statute, for gravity, relevance and seriousness.
The term has become a useful slogan, a political declaration by leaders in the international community, and is often mere lip-service.
The current wave of criticism and hostility against the Jewish state is based on patently false claims and has the nature of a literal blood libel.
The “pro-Israel, pro-peace” organization is actively working to undermine the interests, legitimacy, security and international standing of the Jewish state, as well as its democratically elected government.